Job Description

We are looking for a designate general manager to join one of the UK's most successful holiday park businesses. It is essential that interested candidates must be able to able to relocate to any of their coastal resorts in the UK, it is not an option to commute to and from a base location as the demands of the job necessitate a full time presence on the park especially in the peak season when it a full on 7 day a week operation.

With market leading earning potential for the leisure industry we are keen to talk to exceptional candidates at the peak of their careers within the top end of the leisure or hospitality sectors. The holiday park will turn over significantly in excess of £12m and you will be managing through multiple heads of departments and hundreds of full and part time staff during the peak season from June to September across a huge operation that encompasses sales of high ticket holiday homes, a huge food and beverage operation, multiple retail outlets, a significant sport and leisure operation and where up to 5000 holidaymakers can arrive on park each week. All of this is set across and extensive acreage which demands the highest levels of health and safety and operational excellence combined with the needs for first class landscaping and grounds maintenance and a huge focus on recycling and achieving great results across numerous environmental areas.

You will be working at a fast pace in a culture that is very rewards and success driven, you will be given the autonomy and responsibility to make decisions that are right for the owner, the holidaymaker and the team and you will be supported by a high performance leadership team who have typically worked in the business or at the top end of the leisure market themselves. It is essential that you have the flair and passion for identifying, nurturing and developing both internal and external talent and can successfully influence actions and results by being a role model within the business who lives and breathes the ethos and vales of the company.

Due to the very high expectations of my client only those candidates meeting the above criteria will be considered.